Newly elected scholars will be offered on-campus accommodation this year following a challenge taken against the College by the Scholars’ Committee, The University Times understands. The move will now be delayed until 2015. The Provost had announced at a College Board meeting in April that newly elected scholars would be housed in Trinity Hall for the first year of their tenure rather than on campus, as is tradition. Documents obtained by The University Times reveal that the Scholars’ Committee, in a quasi-judicial challenge against the College, argued that this proposed allocation of rooms by the Provost presented a “significant downgrade of scholarship”. Despite this, the … Continue reading New Scholars Offered On-campus Accommodation After Delay to Trinity Hall Move